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All relations days when you're ready to pucker up and kiss followed by days you'd rather smooch with a rat. As we're heading into 2014, we've chosen 14 issues that commonly affect most couples. Do you recognize any of these roadblocks holding back your togetherness?

Spending quality time as a couple, even making a baby together should be simple in such an ideal setting. Reality check! While holidays are about loved ones, somehow they don't leave much time for couples. The holidays tend to zap energy from almost every direction and can take a toll on your relationship with your partner.

You've probably played the "who does the most around here" game at some point in your relationship, even if you have a stellar track record. It's common for arguments to bubble up and focus on household chores and who does what. Is there really a "great divide" between men and women?

Friendship Day celebrates the importance of friends. Women need their female friends. It's essential to our health and happiness. Having a group of close friends helps you sleep better, improves your immune systems, staves off disease and results in a longer life.

What are your relationship secrets? From preconception pressures to new parent jitters, making and taking care of a baby brings challenges into each couple's life. See what our Pregnancy.org members revealed!

Best-selling romance author Jilly Cooper says sex is not as marketable a commodity in romance fiction as it once was. "The reason is very simple – women don't want to have sex any more," she claims at the Cartier Queen's Cup Final at Guards Polo Club.

The kids' toy cupboards and dresser drawers are already spilling over, but every week you're presented more huge bags of stuff from your friends and family. How do you end this madness without hurting their feelings?

Breast surgery often requires some wardrobe alterations. A lot of women are not comfortable wearing the same things they once wore, including swimsuits. Summertime is often difficult because women with missing tissue feel awkward. Mastectomy swimwear is specifically designed for women who are post-mastectomy patients.